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...Sandy Alberson, Billy's predecessor at GM, was the key to what's been done here. He knew that with the exploding salaries, it would be necessary to build from within. He put a lot of emphasis on scouting and development...
...Daughters and the comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, the need for an overhaul might seem less than compelling. But for those who labor in the main offices, Dyke's description of the organization as being overmanaged and underled could seem a euphemism. During his seven-year reign, Dyke's predecessor John Birt created an unpopular and labyrinthine business bureaucracy in which 190 separate units handled interdepartmental dealings, especially those between the program commissioning and production sides. The Birt system was designed to instill accountability into an organization that got $3.4 billion of its $4.5 billion in annual revenues from a license...
...begging bowl and was prepared to mortgage Moscow's big-power status to secure financial bailouts, Putin has drawn a line in the sand. His vision may be capitalist, but the new president's security doctrine suggests a more hostile or competitive relationship with the West than his predecessor's. And with Washington currently seized with enthusiasm for missile defense, that may even translate into a new nuclear arms race. Clinton-era conventional wisdom held that Russia's economic turmoil - and the West's ability to offer bailouts - neutralized Moscow's potential to mount geopolitical challenges to Washington. But Putin...
...here, eight years after its author became world famous, is Anil's Ghost (Knopf; 307 pages; $25). The new novel seems, at first, very much of a piece with its acclaimed predecessor. Once again, the story unfolds episodically, with frequent time shifts, as if a dark mural were being illuminated by flashbulbs. Once again, a small group of characters--several men and a woman who forms the emotional link between them--struggle to maintain their hold on reality, whatever that has come to mean, amid the pervasive violence...
...without considerable debate and probably dissent within the ruling circle. In that regard it is undoubtedly fortunate that Kim's father, the late Kim Il Sung, whose revered name and ideology still provides legitimacy for all policy, agreed in 1994 to a summit meeting with Kim Dae Jung's predecessor, Kim Young Sam. Although Kim Il Sung died before the summit could be held, he nevertheless left his crucial stamp of approval on the summit idea...